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Obituary

Obituary for Louis Gean 'Monty' Montgomery

BORN NOVEMBER 8, 1925 IN SHAMROCK, OK TO FRED AND RUBY MONTGOMERY, HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY FEBRUARY 3, 2017 WITH HIS LOVING DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW BY HIS SIDE. MONTY WENT INTO THE NAVY IN 1943 WHERE HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY, AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NAVY RESERVES FROM 1946 TO 1951. MONTY WAS A LIFE TIME MEMBER OF THE VFW POST # 10859, AND DID SO PROUDLY. MONTY MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE WILMA LEE BROWN NOVEMBER 9, 1951. HE WORKED IN THE OILFIELD TRUCKING… BUSINESS FOR 45 YEARS FOR C.F. POTTER, H & B, CATES TRANSPORTATION, AND BROWN TRUCKING. HE ALSO WORKED ALONG SIDE A FEW FAMEOUS PEOPLE LIKE JOHN WAYNE, J. PAUL GETTY, MICKEY ROONEY, AND RED ADAIR. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WILMA, HIS LOVING WIFE OF 50 YEARS, HIS BELOVED SON DAVID, GRANDSON DANIEL, HIS PARENTS FRED AND RUBY, BROTHER CHARLIE, AND SISTER IVA MAY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING DAUGHTER SHELLY AND HER HUSBAND GENE GREENE; HIS THREE OTHER DAUGHTERS ANNA, SANDY, AND BARBARA; HIS THREE SISTERS BETTY IRELAND, MARY NEUFIELD, AND FREDIA STOKES, AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 22 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 4 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. A VIEWING WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017 AT PETERS FUNERAL HOMEFROM 4PM TO 8PM. SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT NOON ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2017 AT PETERS FUNERAL HOME IN SHAFTER. MILITARY HONORS AND INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT SHAFTER CEMETERY. THE GREENE FAMILY WISHES TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO LINDA TRENT FROM GENTIVA HOSPICE FOR ALL THE LOVE AND CARE SHE GAVE MONTY.